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Waist-mounted parachute deployment and retracting system

a parachute and retracting technology, applied in parachutes testing apparatus, safety belts, gymnastics, etc., can solve the problems of dragging, same amount of effort to carry, athlete must work harder to overcome, etc., and achieve the effect of improving performan

Active Publication Date: 2014-04-01
HURRY CHUTE LLC
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The invention is a system that allows runners and other athletes to use a parachute during training to increase resistance and improve performance. The system is attached to a belt and can be easily deployed or retracted without stopping or breaking stride. The parachute provides drag to increase resistance and helps to overload the muscles that are important for performance. The system is convenient and easy to use.

Problems solved by technology

The weights are static, always requiring the same amount of effort to carry.
The parachute or airfoil is attached to the athlete's back and billows behind during training, creating drag, which the athlete must work harder to overcome.
Parachutes and related devices are designed for short intervals, such as the straight-away of a track, since they are not beneficial on curves.
Most parachutes or foils do not easily detach or retract and the athlete must halt training to remove them.

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[0024]FIG. 4 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a waist-mounted parachute deployment and retracting system 20 for training runners and other athletes. The system provides a user a method to selectively deploy and retract a parachute 30 during training without stopping or breaking stride. The parachute 30 provides drag to increase resistance to improve performance by overloading the muscles. The parachute 30 is in a case 22 attached to a belt that is worn around a user's waist. The parachute 30 is anchored by a plurality of cords 32 connected to a recoil mechanism 40 that has a pair of mainsprings 42. The mainsprings 42 store energy as the cords unwind during deployment of the parachute. The case 22 has a pair of ports 24 facing in a direction same as the user, leading to a pair of air channels 26, and an aperture 50 for deploying and retracting the parachute 30. Air flows into the pair of ports 24 caused by the user's forward motion and into the channel 26 forcing the parachute 3...

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Abstract

A waist-mounted parachute deployment and retracting system for training runners and other athletes that provides a user a method for selectively deploying and retracting the parachute during training without stopping or breaking stride. The parachute provides drag to increase resistance to improve performance by overloading the muscles. The user selectively deploys the parachute by pressing a button to release and open the parachute. Air flow created by the user's forward motion flows through a pair of ports on the side of a case holding the parachute. The air flow expands the parachute, causing the cords attaching the parachute to the case to extend and wind a recoil mechanism. The user selectively retracts the parachute by pressing a button to close the parachute and the recoil mechanism rewinds the cords, pulling the parachute into the case, ready to be deployed again when desired.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a nonprovisional utility application of the provisional patent application Ser. No. 61 / 343,124 filed in the United States Patent Office on Apr. 22, 2010 and claims the priority thereof.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention relates generally to a waist-mounted parachute deployment and retracting system for training runners and other athletes. More particularly, the invention relates to a waist-mounted parachute deployment and retracting system for training runners and other athletes that provides the athletes a method to selectively deploy and retract the parachute during training without stopping or breaking stride.[0003]Runners and other athletes, such as skaters and walkers, try to improve strength and speed by training, both continually practicing their sport of choice, but also by adding resistance to force muscles to work harder based on the overload principle. Once the resistance is removed, the athlete ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B64D17/02A63B71/00A63B21/008B64D17/00
CPCA63B69/0022B64D17/30B64D17/343A63B21/008B64D17/02B64D17/42B64D17/00A63B71/00A62B35/00A63B69/0028A63B21/1419A63B21/0088A63B21/4009
Inventor DAVIDSON, ARCHIE
Owner HURRY CHUTE LLC
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